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Richmond Cemetery was previously called Richmond City Cemetery and sometimes in obituaries it was referred to as the City Cemetery. This cemetery is located on West Main St. in Richmond, MO between Sunny Slope Cemetery on the west and Shotwell and Woodland Cemeteries on the east.
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This database is compiled from tombstone surveys conducted in 1968 and 1989, records from the Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond, MO, and a walkthrough of the cemetery conducted in August of 2001. Dates of death recorded in Thurman records, and not on the tombstone itself, are denoted by the letter "T" after the date of death. Approximate locations of the burial sites in the Richmond Cemetery may be found at the Ray County Museum in the Ray County Museum Library. The Museum and Library are open Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 to 4:00 PM. The Museum is located at 901 W. Royle St., in Richmond. Copies of the Thurman death records, which include date of death and burial cemetery, are available for purchase at the Museum Library.
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| Richmond City Cemetery is where Gov. A. A. King, David Whitmer (one of the three witnesses to the founding of the Book of Mormon), and Bob Ford (the man who killed Jessee James) are buried. Richmond City Cemetery has a separate entrance and exit north off West Main. See Ray County History, 1973 for a description. Some people now think this cemetery is the Old City Cemetery. That should not be the case. The Old City Cemetery is another name for what is now called Pioneer Cemetery (see p. 232 of the 1973 history).
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| Located just east of Sunnyslope Cemetery on West Main Street.
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| The Richmond City Cemetery, located on the west side of Richmond, was originally a twelve acre apple orchard belonging to William Price Hubbell. Later it was sold to Cornelius Vaughn and his wife Mary, who in turn sold it to a joint stock company for the use of a burial ground. It was purchased for the sum of $537.50, and was to be known as the Richmond City Cemetery. (Record Book 2, page 601) William A. Donaldson, was appointed trustee. Plots were laid out and a circular drive was made to accommodate the horse drawn hearses.
In 1870, the state of Missouri, erected a monument to the seventh governor of the state, Austin A. King, when his body was removed from the family burial ground.
Stones must have been moved from family cemeteries as there are listings many years before its establishment.
Today the cemetery is maintained by donations and a trust fund.
source:Ray County History 1973, p.232
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| Submitted by: Carter Rogers |
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1915 Partial Listing:
In 1915, a Richmond young man made research in local cemeteries for epitaphs or inscriptions on tombstones. This listing is not complete. The listings are before Sunny Slope was opened. The young man sought out graves of persons who died prior to 1875 and persons who lived to be as old as 75 years and persons who played some special part in the history of this portion of Missouri.
Printed in the "Richmond Missourian" 1932
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Hughes Section:
A listing was made in 1915 of gravestones listed as "in a lot in the rear of the "New City Cemetery" evidently a Hughes section"
The Hughes plot might be gone now, but it sounds like it used to be in back of the cemetery. I don't think Carter found any stones left from it.
Printed in the "Richmond Missourian" 1932
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